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As you can see, their facial hair is out of control. But let me take a moment and fill you in on our major life changes over the past two years. The biggest being the state we live in. We finally said adios to the state we called home for 7 years, Michigan, and after years of attempting to convince Bryon we made the move back to my WONDERFUL hometown Wapakoneta, Ohio. For those that don't understand this huge life change for my husband, he grew up in a city 10 miles from Detroit and had three high schools just in his city (not counting all the private schools). To go from that to good old Wapak is quite a change. Within days of making the move the stresses of life started to fade away simply because there weren't people everywhere. It used to take us 45 minutes to make a 10 mile commute to work and now it takes 5 minutes to cover the entire town of Wapak. To go from a city where no one knows your name to Wapak where everyone knows your family (sorry Cheers I'm stealing your theme) is great. I love almost everything about my hometown and am thrilled and looking forward to raising my daughters here.
I am one of the very few people fortunate enough to love my job. Oh yeah did I forget to mention that change, I went back to work a year ago. Another added benefit to the small town living is having affordable daycare options for the girls. While Kayla is in Pre-School three days a week, we have the most awesome babysitter. She is seriously the best. Anyways, back to this whole workin thing. I am the Assistant at the Wapak Chamber of Commerce and I love my job. I enjoy going to work pretty much every day. I also work at our local YMCA and teach a youth cycling class as well as sub for any of the group classes. What I have learned through this experience is I will never survive the teenage years with Kayla and Abby. But I truly enjoy what I do. The best parts of my job are the flexibility and hours I work so I still have plenty of time to enjoy my girls, but I still get some adult time during the day, which is something that I was lacking for those almost two years of staying home.
So that is our biggest change, however, if you have read any of my many blogs before this (ok so there may be only three), you know that our youngest daughter Abby presented us with her own set of challenges as a baby. Well as you can see in this recent picture, gaining weight and growing is definitely not an issue anymore. To make Abby's long complicated story short, around 11 months old her growth took off! She started eating and really only had minimal issues. Up until last fall when she started having more breathing issues again, which led to her dealing with 3 bouts of pneumonia in two months. We went through a lot of doctors appointments and testing to rack up those medical bills again only to be told they have no clue why she gets pneumonia so easily. We have been very lucky since last winter though and have only had to deal with breathing treatments this winter, but no real sickness from her. I can't imagine our family without her because just when you think you can't take anymore of her stubborn independent attitude, she flips and does something to make everyone laugh. I love seeing this gorgeous smile every morning. It makes our days of crying together (ok it may be a toss up of who shed more tears) that first year worth it.
Then we have Kayla, our little rock star. I don't even know how to describe Kayla, because she is definitely a one of a kind kind of kid. Kayla is 4 (will be 5 in 18 days!!!) going on 15. Kayla's passions currently are performing, whether it be singing, dancing, or telling jokes, and making sure she has a rockstar outfit on at all times. We do several loads of laundry a day just to keep her wardrobe stocked. Her current favorite is a sparkly skirt and her new pink boots. She loves to accessorize. This girl has changed more than any kid I know, going from complete tomboy ready to dig in the dirt (which she still loves to do), to making sure her nails are painted and her hair is curled for her boyfriend. Yes you heard me right, my almost 5 year old has decided she is in love with a boy from preschool, Daron. If the name is even mentioned Kayla's cheeks turn bright red and she will tell you how much she loves him and will marry him. Although she did assure me she won't kiss him until she is married to him. Luckily we know Daron's family and we approve of this relationship...for now. Kayla is her own person, she loves learning and will sit and color or write for hours. So that's Kayla in a nutshell, I refuse to talk about how she is almost five because I'm not emotionally ready for it. I mean this girl has a loose tooth! When did this happen, she used to be my peanut and now she is almost ready for kindergarten.
And of course we can't forget to update on Bryon, the poor guy stuck in a house with three girls. Bryon and I always have fun together as well. We both love music so it's always nice when we can get away and go to a concert. Some of the better ones over the past couple of years are Paul McCartney (A Beatle....I still can't believe I saw a Beatle live!) and Gary Clark Jr. I didn't know much about Gary Clark Jr, but it was an amazing show and I will tell you now, if he is ever playing near you...GO! So that's Bryon, he puts up with all of the craziness the girls and I get into and we love him for it. He is our lone Michigan fan and will fight to the death trying to convert the girls, but I have no fear it will never happen. The best part about Bryon, he's always willing to go along with my crazy ideas, like taking our 4 and 2 year old ice skating downtown during a snowstorm. You can tell Kayla lived in Michigan for awhile, she was a natural with daddy.
Anyways, that is the update on those three adorable kiddos (Bryon will be the first to admit he is like a third kid). We definitely have our moments, you know those moments where you aren't sure if you should go curl up in a corner or just start drinking, but for the most part we are still living life and having a blast. I went back and re-read my many posts on here and really the purpose of this blog was to just give me a way to keep track of all those amazing memories I have with the girls. I want them to grow up being who they truly are and caring for everyone as I think every parent wants for their kid, but on top of that I want them to have fun. So although I feel like I haven't accomplished keeping up on this blog like I hoped, it was mainly because I have been too busy cherishing the many memories I have had a chance to make with my kids. From Kayla's first musical to dancing down the sidewalk in the rain and going on walks downtown. We have traveled to zoos, museums, libraries, beaches and we have made our own picnics in the house when it's too cold to leave. And we never go to bed without having the best dance parties ever. I find with every new year I reflect back and almost every year I want the same thing, to not take life too seriously and truly enjoy it. And this year is no different, I'm hoping to spend another year making crazy fun memories with my girls and Bryon. It's hard when you are stuck in those ruts and you are convinced your kids are plotting your demise to remember that these days of our kids being little and liking us (most of the time) are going to go fast. Before we know it they will be too busy to spend time having dance parties with us, so enjoy it now.
So that's the very long update and here is to hoping that I can do a better job in keeping this updated with the crazy Zielonka household stories.
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